Portable cabinet-carrying case for phonograph and graphophone records.



No. 822,875. PATENTED JUNE 5,1906.

H. W. TOPHAM. PORTABLE CABINET CARRYING CASE FOR PHONOGRAPH AND GRAPHOPHONE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.24,1905.

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No. 822,875. PATENTED'JUNE 5, 1906.

I H. w. TOPHAM. PORTABLE CABINET CARRYING GASEPOR'PHONOGRAPH AND GRAPHOPHONE RECORDS. v APPLICATION FILED MAR.24,1905.

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ASSIGNURTO JAMES S. TOPH OF CGLUMBli-i.

AM, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT PORTABLE (ZABINET-CARRYING CASE FOR PHONOGRAPH AND GRAPHOPHONE RECORDS.

No. eeaeve.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application filed March 2 1, 1905. Serial No. 251,843.

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, HOWARD W. TOPHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Cabinet -Carrying Cases for Phonograph and Graphophone Records, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved portable cabinet carrying and packing case of a type specially desi ned for handling phonograph and graphop lone records, 'Whlle at the same time being so constructed as to be capable of eneral use asia small case or valise.

, To fins end the invention primarily has in view an improved construction of portable case in the general form of a valise or-hand trunk and embodying means for carrying a plurality of phonograph or graphophone records.

in this connection the invention has in view the provision of a plurality of record-carriers in the form of removable partitions and each of which is provided with a plurality of recordholders of a form adapted to receive and support thereon the common cylindrical ype of phonograph or graphophone records.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple and practical means for renderin the case thoroughly dust and weather proo so as to keep the records therein in the best possible condition, while at the same time rovidin means for securin and bracin the individual record-carriers or partitions in such a manner as to ositivel prevent inde pendent movement t ereof, whichwould tend to jar the records carried thereby.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement of the record-carriers or partitions in conjunction with means provided upon the lid of the case whereby each record on each carrier or partition may be quickly and readily identified for selection. lVith these and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The preferred embodiment of the latter is with the li shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portable case embodyin the present invention and illustrating the id thereof open to expose the arrangement of the individual record carriers therein and the indicating-lists. Fig. 2.is a vertical lon itudinal sectional view of the case closed. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. F' l is a perspective view of one of the individual carriers or partitions;

Like reference-numerals designate corregponding parts in the several figures of the rawmgsx In carrying out the invention the body of the case (designated by the numeral 1) is preferably in the form of a rectan ular box open at one side and designed to be'closed by a flanged lid 2. The box-body 1 may be fitted with any suitable trimmings commonly employed by a trunk or valise maker to give the case the appearance of a valise or hand-trunk such as used by commercial agents. To this end the box-body l. is preferably equipped with metal corner-protectors 3, a'carryinghandle 4:, and the hasp and lock-fittings 5 and 6, respectively, which are employed for securing the lid in its closed position in a manner similar to the fastening of a trunk or valise lid. These details, however", form no part of the present invention and may be varied to suit the option of the manufacturer.

The flan 'ed lid orcover 2 for the open side of the boxody is hinged at one'edge, as at 7,

to one edge of the body, so that the lid may be thrown back entirely out of the Way of the removable record-carriers nested within the box-body, and a distinctive feature ofthe invention resides in providing the lid 2 at the edge of the flange thereof with a continuous narrowed guard-rib 8, extendin throughout the length of the lid-flange an ada ted to tightly register inside the edge of t e boxbody 1 to provide a thoroughly dust and weather proof joint between the lid and the box-body, and thus protect the phonograph or gra hopnone records from weather conditions an dust, which is a very necessary and desirable feature in a case of the character herein claimed.

The box 1, which constitutes the body of the case, is designed to accommodate therein a plurality of record-carriers in the form of removable partitions or boards 9, each of which has securely united to one side of the same a multiplicity of record-holders 10, preferablyof a cylindrical form and size to receive thereon the common cylindrical type of honograph or graphophone record. Vfhi e any desired number of record-holders 10 may be secured upon one side of each of the partitions 9, said holders are so spaced and disposed as to kee adjacent records entirely out of contactan prevent the possibility of the same knocking or jarring against each other. An additional feature of the invention in connection with the plurality of recordholders l0, projected laterally from one side of the record-carrier or partition 9, is the provision upon the outer exposed end of each record-holder 10 of an indicating number .or

character 11, which corresponds to the number upon a selecting-list 12, which is secured to the inner side of the main wall of the lid.

There is one of the selecting-lists 12 for each of the record-carriers or partitions 9, and the selecting-list for eachrecord-carrier or partition is arranged in a position opposite there'- of'upon' the lid of the case, so t at when the I lidis thrown open and one of the record-can yriers or partitions 9 beremoved by means of the indicating characters 11 upon the recordholders 10 any individual record ma be immediately selected by reference to the number ,on the selecting-list 12 associated with the said record-carrier or partition. Aplurality of record-carriers or partitions 9 are nested in parallel spaced. relation within the box-body of the case, and td provide for properly gi'iiding and holding the record-carriers or partitions in position the box-body 1 has fitted to opposite sides thereof a series of 'longitudi'nally grooved guiding and holding strips 13-.

strips slida The opposite guiding and holding strips are paired, so that directly-opposite ly receive the end edges of a single partition 9, and therefore provide means whereby such partition may be readily inshoulderslfi," adapted to be engaged by the, inclined wedgeface 16, provided at the inner side'of'tlic front outer flange of the lid 2. By

reason of this construction when the lid is closed the face 16 wedges against the shoulders llj' apf all of the partitions 9 and by so described case will. be readi ease doing presses the partitions against the Walls of the body 1, and thereby serves to secure and brace such partitions in such a manner as to prevent jarring of the records carried by the artitions. S ould it be desired to use the case as a valise or hand-trunk for general purposes, all of the record-carriers or partitions 9 can be removed. It will also be observed that b the compactness of all parts of my case all loss of space is obviated. In this connection attention is particularly directed to the space between any pair of the partitions, which only slightly exceeds the length of a record. Moreover, by the em loyment of feet for the case to rest upon su cient space is allowed for the lid to freely swing to its open and closed positions when case is used as a cab ineti i From the fore oing it is thought that the construction am? advantages of the herein y apparent with out further description.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed, and desired to be secured by Let- .ters Patent, is a i 1. The combination with a casing having an open side and a removable transverse par tition having a'portion thereof projected beyond the open side of the casing, of a lid or cover constructed to exert awedging action upon the projecting portion of the partition to ur c said portion in an endwise direction.

2. lhe combination with an open-sided casing, of a removable partitiontherein and a movable lid or cover constructed to engage the partition and urge thesame toward one end of the casing.

3. A. portable case of the class described, 7

comprising a boxbody, a flanged lid therefor having a wedge-face at the inner side of its front outer flange, a series of guiding and holding stri s arranged at the inner side of the box-b0 y, and a plurality of removable record-carrying partitions, each of said par-- titions slidably en aging a pair of said strips and being provider with a plurality of recordholders, said partitions also being each provided at one corner with an inclined shoulder engaged by the wedge-face of the lid.

4:. A portable case of the class described, con'iprising a box-body having a plurality of guides provided at their outer ends with notchedseats, record-carriers engaging said guides, and a flanged. lid. having at the edge of its flange a continuous guard-rib engaging within. the open side of the box-body and also fitting in said notched seats.

5. A portable record-holder comprising an open-sided casing having its Walls provided with guides, a plurality of removable record carrying partitions slidable in the guides and having inclined faces, and a cover hinged to the casing to close tiw 3911 sidae tha fsof and in testimamy whereof 9&2; my signature havmg an inclined face ffifmlfid i0 eeaiagage 3.1333958288 05f iywo wltnessesr fie inc izled faces of fine gw'rfiiw'ws t0 mge TT Q.

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